Exam question 2 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 10…

Which of the following describes the events of the feast held upon the Viking's return?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Viking · What happens: follow, describe, hold, return · To what, where: events, feast, return

This is exam question 2 of lesson 889 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 100: the storks fly south, the Viking feasts and sails away again» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 describes	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 describes	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 describes	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 describes	nsubj
5	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 events	det
7	events	event	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 describes	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 feast	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 feast	det
10	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 events	nmod
11	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 feast	acl
12	upon	upon	ADP	_	16 return	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Viking	det
14	Viking	Viking	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 return	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 Viking	case
16	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 held	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the events of the feast		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent event=Theme
3	hold	participle		the feast not said here	the Viking's return	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon return=Location
4	return		the Viking			nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Guests ate bread and listened to the priest.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Guests	guest	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 ate	nsubj
2	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ate	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 listened	cc
5	listened	listen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 ate	conj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 priest	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 priest	det
8	priest	priest	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 listened	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 ate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	past	Guests	bread					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bread=Patient
2	listen	past	Guests not said here					to the priest	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to priest=Theme

Option 2

Guests drank mead and ate meat, and a bard sang of their deeds while the hall roared with laughter and the cups overflowed.

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Guests	guest	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 drank	nsubj
2	drank	drink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	mead	mead	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 drank	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 ate	cc
5	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 drank	conj
6	meat	meat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ate	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 sang	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 sang	cc
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 bard	det
10	bard	bard	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sang	nsubj
11	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 drank	conj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 deeds	case
13	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 deeds	nmod:poss
14	deeds	deed	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 sang	obl
15	while	while	SCONJ	_	18 roared	mark
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 hall	det
17	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 roared	nsubj
18	roared	roar	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 sang	advcl
19	with	with	ADP	_	20 laughter	case
20	laughter	laughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 roared	obl
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 overflowed	cc
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 cups	det
23	cups	cup	NOUN	Number=Plur	24 overflowed	nsubj
24	overflowed	overflow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 roared	conj
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 drank	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	drink	past	Guests	mead		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mead=Patient
2	eat	past	Guests not said here	meat		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meat=Patient
3	sing speech: express	past	a bard		of Guests's deeds	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	roar	past	the hall		with laughter	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with laughter=Theme
5	overflow	past	the cups			tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Guests consumed mead and meat, and listened to a bard singing of their deeds.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Guests	guest	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 consumed	nsubj
2	consumed	consume	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	mead	mead	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consumed	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 meat	cc
5	meat	meat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 mead	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 listened	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 listened	cc
8	listened	listen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 consumed	parataxis
9	to	to	ADP	_	12 singing	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 singing	det
11	bard	bard	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 singing	compound
12	singing	singing	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 listened	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 deeds	case
14	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 deeds	nmod:poss
15	deeds	deed	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 singing	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 consumed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	consume	past	Guests	mead and meat		vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mead=Asset
2	listen	past			to a bard singing of Guests's deeds	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to singing=Theme
3	sing			Guests's deeds		nom singing «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

Guests threw bones at each other while a bard sang of distant lands and the gods of the sea.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Guests	guest	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 threw	nsubj
2	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	bones	bone	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 threw	obj
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 each	case
5	each	each	DET	ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp	2 threw	obl
6	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 each	fixed
7	while	while	SCONJ	_	10 sang	mark
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 bard	det
9	bard	bard	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sang	nsubj
10	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 threw	advcl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 lands	case
12	distant	distant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 lands	amod
13	lands	land	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 sang	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 gods	cc
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 gods	det
16	gods	god	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 lands	conj
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 sea	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 sea	det
19	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 gods	nmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 threw	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	past	Guests	bones		each			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent bone=Theme at each=Destination
2	sing speech: express	past	a bard					of distant lands and the gods of the sea	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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